D-backs 1, Mets 11 - Big Apple, Small Bites

The pitchers didn’t pitch and the hitters didn’t hit. Congrats, you’re playing baseball like you’re ready to head into the offseason, not the playoffs. I mean come on, you just played the best baseball you’ve done all 2nd half against a Cubs team fighting for the playoffs then immediately take a flight to New York and look like you haven’t touched a baseball in 3 months against a Mets team that is actively tanking.

Merrill Kelly was on the mound and sucked. He started as usual, then forgot how to pitch in the 3rd - loading the bases - before a double from Brandon Nimmo brought in two runs. Kelly recovered but unraveled in the 5th allowing five straight Mets to reach culminating in a Jeff…